SwissRN statement on the 2027 budget relief package (EP27)
Formal statement to Vernehmlassung Entlastungspaket 27
With the 2027 budget relief package (EP27), the Swiss Federal Council plans significant funding cuts in education, research and innovation. These measures would affect key institutions such as the ETH Domain, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), and Innosuisse.
As the national platform promoting rigorous, transparent, and reproducible research, the Swiss Reproducibility Network (SwissRN) strongly opposes these cuts. In a formal statement, SwissRN joins other science organisations – including the ETH Board and swissuniversities – in calling on the Federal Council to withdraw the proposed measures. Reducing investments in research risks undermining scientific quality, public trust, and Switzerland’s long-term capacity for innovation.
You can download the full statement in German here.